i'm michelle griego. >> hi, everybody. i'm frank mallicoat. nearly 5:30 now. the president had a surplus. he had 33 more electoral votes than he needed to stay in office and that's without florida which is still too close to call. bigad shaban joins us live from chicago where the president heard mitt romney and then went on stage to declare victory. >> reporter: good morning. it was half past midnight when the president took the stage here in his hometown of chicago. he was greeted by a crowd of cheering supporters. and one of the first few things he mentioned during his half hour or so speech is that he wanted to congratulate governor romney and paul ryan for a hard- fought race. he told the audience, while we battle fiercely, it's because we love this country deeply >>> reporter: the president's family joined him on stage to celebrate four more years in the white house [ applause and cheers ] >> you voted for action, not politics as usual. [ applause and cheers ] >> you elected us to focus on your jobs, not ours. >> reporter: the president won almost all of